[CCCNFBW] our meeting

[David Andrews]

At the risk of hair splitting, I would like to point out that 
technically, it isn't a demo of Google Glass, but the Aira service. 
Google Glass is one of the tools they use, but ultimately probably 
isn't a permanent part of the service. Google Glass is no longer made.

I am further concerned because some people seem to be using Aira as a 
substitute for good blindness skills!  Mike Freeman is turning over 
in his grave.

Dave

At 04:42 PM 7/8/2017, you wrote:
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>My apologies for missing our chapter meeting this morning. Issues 
>outside of my control dictated my decision.
>It was planned for me to demonstrate the google glasses. It is 
>amazing technology/.
>Perhaps I can demo them at the picnic. But, because I'm not sure how 
>long  their current promotion will last, I'd like to make a few 
>comments about the glasses in this email. Their promotion is; if a 
>person signs up now and mentions my name as a referral, we both get 
>a free month's worth of service.
>The glasses work in this way. Through an app on Iphone, we connect 
>to another human being, called an agent, the picture can either be 
>transmitted through the camera on the Iphone or through a camera 
>mounted in glasses that one wears as normal glasses. From this 
>picture the agent can describe the layout of a room, find empty 
>chairs. Basic ally anything a sighted person would see. I've used 
>them to ead my mail, go shopping by myself, put together equipment. 
>They were used to help Paula put together a new rug shampooer she 
>purchase. There is a list serve we are on and other users have used 
>the glasses  in numerous and various situation. Gary Wonder used 
>them to put together a new television system he bouth.
>  People have used the glasses in numerous ways during their daily 
> life. Users of the glasses who fly can go to and from their airline 
> locations by themselves. Find their own luggage without any sky cap assistance.
>One lady used the glasses to tour the National monuments at 
>Washington, D.C. alone. Some have used it to read their comuter 
>monitor screen to them. Others have gone into restaurents and the 
>agent can read the menu to them. Myself and others  have used the 
>glasses to have our mail read to us. No longer depending upon 
>waiting for a reader.
>It is amazing to walk into a room and have the room describe to you 
>and whee empty chairs are and also where the head of the table or 
>where the speakers platform is located. The agent can read agendas, 
>handouts, etc..
>You can walk through a mall and the agent can tell you what store 
>you are walking by.  Most malls provide a layout that the agent can 
>get access to. I used them to negotiate the new platform at the mall.
>They do not replace the cane or the dog. The agent remains silent 
>when crossing streets, but they can help find the  buttons and poles 
>for the audibles. They are not permitted to help in bathrooms. They 
>will find them, but are turned off when you go nside of the restroom.
>I can go on with a hundred other ways we the users of the glasses 
>have used them. It is amazing how they can be helpful and make ones 
>life less complicated.
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>Their website is <http://www.aira.io>www.aira.io
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